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GSDI 3 Canberra, Australia
17-19 November, 1998
Theme: Policy and Organizational Frameworks for GSDI
Conference Program
November 17, 1998
10:00 - 12:30 Registration
– Banquet Foyer, Hyatt Hotel
12:30 – 2:00
Welcoming Lunch – Federation South Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Conference Logistics - Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Steering
Committee General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 – 3:30
Welcome and Overview of Conference Themes – Federation North Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Session Chair – Drew Clarke, Secretary, Permanent Committee
on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific, Head, Analytical and Mapping Division,
Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 – 2:15
Welcome Address
Dato’ Abdul Majid Bin Mohamed, President, Permanent Committee
on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific, Directory General, Department of
Survey & Mapping, Malaysia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:15 – 2:30
Opening of Conference the Conference and Announcement of the Australian Spatial
Data Directory
The Honorable Warren Entsch, MP, Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister for Industry, Science & Resources
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:30 – 3:00
Overview of Conference Themes
Jane S. Patterson, Chair, GSDI Steering Committee, Senior
Advisory for Science & Technology to the Governor of North Carolina, USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
3:00 – 3:30
The First Generation of National Geographic Information Strategies and Survey of
NSDI Activities Around the Globe
John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic data committee,
USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Ian Masser, International Institute for Aerospace Survey
and Earth Sciences, Netherlands
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
3:30 – 4:00
Afternoon Tea
4:00 – 5:30
New Developments in National Spatial Data Infrastructures-Session 2
Session Chair – Derek Clark, Chief Director, Surveys and
Mapping, South Africa
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
4:00 – 4:30
Case Study of NSDI’s in Countries in Transition – Malaysia
Dato’ Abdul Mjid Bin Mohamed, Directory General Department
of Survey & Mapping, Malaysia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
4:30 – 5:00
Case Study of NSDI’s Countries in Transition - Hungary
Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp, Secretary General, Hungarian Association
for Geo-Information
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
5:00 – 5:30
Discussion – Invited Panellists
Tom Fenwick, Chairman, Australia New Zealand Land Information
Council
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
John Moeller, Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee,
USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Bryan Nanson, Director, National Geospatial Data Framework,
UK
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Robert O’Neil, Director, Geo Access Division, Canada Centre
for Remote Sensing, Geomatics Canada
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
7:00 – 10:30
Conference Dinner – Mural Hall, Parliament House
Master of Ceremonies – Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive
Committee General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
Host – The Honourable Warren Entsch, MP, Parliamentary Secretary
to the Miniser for Industry, Science & Resources
Dinner Speaker – Robyn Williams, AM, ABC Radio National’s
internationally acclaimed presenter who is also an author and the only journalist
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. (arrangements courtesy of “Celebrity
Speakers – The Christine Maher Group”)
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
November 18, 1998
8:15
Coffee on Arrival – Gallery, Hyatt Hotel
8:55 – 9:00
Conference Logistics – Federation North Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Conference Logistics - Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Steering
Committee General Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:00 – 10:30
“Strategic Imperatives of GSDI”-Session 3
Session Chair – Michael Wood, President, Internation Cartographic
Association
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:00 – 9:30
TerraServer: The Largest World Atlas – John Hoffman, Aerial Images Inc., USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:30 – 10:00
Government, Industry and the Global Knowledge Economy
Russell Higgins, Secretary, Department of Industry, Science
& Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
10:00–10:30
Enabling GSDI by Technology Consensus
Russell Higgins, Secretary, Department of Industry, Science
& Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
10:30–11:00
Morning Tea
11:00 – 12:30 “Global Spatial
Data Infrastructure Initiatives”-Session 4
11:00 – 11:30 Case Study
of Trans-National Initiatives – South America
Santiago Borrero, Directory-General, Instituto Geographico
Agustin Codazzi, Columbia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
11:30 – 12:00 Case Study
of Trans-National Initiatives – Baltic Sea Region
Heli Ursin-Livanainen, National Land Survey, Finland
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
12:00 – 12:30 Discussion
– Invited Panellists
Hermann Habermann, Director, Statistics Division, United
Nations
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Nobuo Nagai, Secretariat, Global Mapping initiative Director-General,
Geographical Survey Institute, Japan
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Francois Salge, Institut Geographique National, France
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Drew Clarke, Secretariat, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure
for Asia nd the Pacific, Head, Analytical & Mapping Division, Department of Industry,
Science & Resources, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
12:30 –2:0 0
Lunch & Invited Presentation – Federation South Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Chair – David Coleman, Chair, Department of Geodesy and Geometric
Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
Achieving effective cooperation based through commercialization
based on a fund of accumulated knowledge and experience – Bas Kok, Secretary General,
Dutch Council for Geographic Information
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 –5:30
Toward a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Framework- Federation North Ballroom,
Hyatt Hotel
John E Estes, Chairman, International Steering Committee
on Global Mapping
Director, Remote Sensing Research Unit, University of California
Santa Barbara, USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:00 –2:30
Conference Theme Paper
GSDI: Policy & Organisational Issues
Michael Brand, President, European Umbrella Organisation
for Geographic Information, on behalf of the GSDI Steering Committee Director and
Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
2:30 –4:15
Break Out Groups– Federation South Ballroom, Murrumbridgee Room, Black Mountain
Room, Mount Ainslie Room
Group 1 Leader, Jane Patterson, USA
Group 2 Leader, Michael Brand, Northern Ireland
Group 3 Leader, Santiago Borreo-Mutis, Colombia
Group 4 Leader, Dato Abdul Majid Bin Mohamed, Malaysia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
4:15 –4:45
Afternoon Tea
4:45 –5:30
Presentations by Break Out Group Leaders
7:30 –9:00
“Canberra by Lights” Tour-Bus pickup at Hyatt, Rydges Lakeside and Canberra Rex
Hotels
November 19, 1998
8:30
Coffee on arrival-Gallery, Hyatt Hotel
8:55 –9:00
Conference Logistics– Federation North Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive Committee General
Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
9:00 –12:30
Plenary Discussion and Conference Resolutions– Session 6
9:00 –10:30
Plenary discussion facilitated by
Robert McEntyre, General Manager, Robert McEntyre and Associates
Pty Ltd, Australia
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
10:30 –11:00 Morning
Tea
11:00 –12:15 Conference
resolutions facilitated by
Jane S. Patterson, Chair, GSDI Executive Committee Senior
Advisor for Science & Technology to Governor of North Carolina, USA
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
12:15 –12:30 Close of Conference
Peter Holland, Vice-Chair, GSDI Executive Committee General
Manager, Australian Surveying & Land Information Group
[abstract] [slides] [paper]
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